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The Phone Call I Wish I Never Answered
Is it dead of night and, as always, my brain won't shut off and I just keep thinking. I keep thinking about the phone call I got when my mom died. Rehashing that moment over and over. How my first thought, as with anytime something really bad happened, I wanted to call my mom. I couldn't. You can read the rest over at my writing site Katrina Kautz photo credit: Furryscaly via photopin cc
How We Moved from a Seattle Suburb to Small Town Idaho
We sit in a comfortable silence as we drive east. I've lost track of how many times we have driven this route. Over to Seattle and back again. Our first journey east was 11 years ago this last December. My father in law had surgery and wasn't recovering. We drove over to Spokane 4 or 5 times that month. My father in law passed away a few days after Christmas. One of the trips over…
The Redneck Truck
Drove my husbands redneck truck to town the other day. Believe me, you would never know I was born and raised in Seattle when I sit behind the wheel of this truck. Driving this truck makes me feel like I was born in the country. That I grew up on a dirt road miles from anywhere. When I say Redneck Truck I mean a truck with a rusty hood & wipers that don't turn off…
Trust
Having Faith takes Trust Him with my all…every fiber of my doesn’t ; He may teach me a lesson, but he doesn’t punish me for poor is a FORGIVING is a PROVIDING is a COMFORTING trust ; Stepping out in that trust sometimes takes faith….do you see a pattern here? The Lord is on my side; I will not can man do to me?The Lord is on my side as my helper;I shall look in…
Faith
I posted about being a cracked pot and how honored I am that He would use lil ‘ol me! I have a confession. For me it takes FAITH to TRUST ; I was honored to speak. I was honored to give Him the glory. I was ! To get up there and tell my story. I had to have Faith the He would be with ; Dave sometimes gets frustrated because…
I am part of the Sandwich Generation
Millions of middle-aged Americans are caring for their children as well as their aging parents. When filmmaker-photographer pair Julie Winokur and Ed Kashi took in Winokur's 83-year-old father, they decided to document their own story. See the project at While I am not as hands on as I was when mom first got sick 3 years ; I still do her grocery shopping and laundry….basic ; I don’t tell you this for the accolades…I tell…
A gift, not a burden
(repost from my MOB Society contribution) I have been trusted by God with four ; Our two oldest have ADD and ADHD ; When my now 19 year old was 5 I made an appointment on my mother-in-law's ; She worked in a public school and was sure that the oldest had “something.” I took both sons to the ; The doctor looked at my younger son, who was pretty literally bouncing off the walls,…